The Five of Hearts

by Patricia O'Toole

  “next March.” Boiler, 180.

  “fearful misery.” Ibid.

  “Constitution of the United States.” Leech, 549.

  not an option. Boiler, 180-81.

  “law at home.” Beisner, 183.

  “this generation.” Thayer, II, 258.

  20 The Road to Paradise

  “your tongue.” LHA, V, 167.

  “poor old eyes.” Ibid., 98.

  “before it gets through.” Ibid., 148, 169.

  “inward refinement.” LHA, IV, 311-12.

  “gross, shapeless, bare-armed.” Ibid., 312.

  “liberal—genial.” EHA, 354.

  “glass Gods.” LHA, IV, 312.

  “It is human.” Ibid., 321-22.

  “my own child.” Ibid., 319.

  “require too much.” Ibid., 326.

  “beauty and purity.” Ibid., 330-31.

  “entitled to claim.” Ibid., 327.

  “dollars and cents.” Ibid., 412-13.

  “stable-companion to statesmen.” EHA, 317.

  give Don an embassy. Henry White to JH, Feb. 16, 1897.

  “distinct valvular weakness.” ESC to HA, May 14, 1897.

  liner in New York. W. H. Phillips to JH, May 4, 1897.

  “very dearest.” ESC to HA, May 7, 1897.

  “repair itself.” HA to AL, June 3, 1897.

  “hurt you.” LHA, IV, 304.

  neighboring forest. H. D. Cater Collection; Ford, II, 130.

  cheer them up. CSR to JH, Oct. 6, 1897.

  “aggravated.” HA to JH, Aug. 6 and Sept. 12, 1897.

  a puppy. Tehan, 145-46.

  “anything else.” ESC to HA, Dec. 31, 1897.

  John La Farge. ESC to HA, Dec. 13 and 21, 1897.

  “whom I have seen.” ESC to HA, Dec. 31, 1897.

  “originality or amusement.” ESC to HA, Feb. 22, 1898.

  time apart. Ibid.

  abnormal. ESC to HA, Feb. 15 and 22, 1898.

  “refused to listen.” Tehan, 149.

  “what will it bring?” ESC to HA, Feb. 22 and March 7, 1898.

  “think it right.” ESC to HA, April 21, 1898.

  her classes. ESC to HA, Nov. 22, 1898.

  “harness goes on again.” ESC to HA, Jan. 4, 1899.

  “I do!” ESC to HA, March 9, 1899.

  “this summer!” ESC to HA, May 16, 1899.

  “before us.” ESC to HA, July 25, 1899.

  “Have I forgotten?” ESC to HA, Aug. 12, 1899.

  new typewriter. ESC to HA, July 19, 1899.

  estranged wife. ESC to HA, Sept. 24, 1899.

  sorry for him. ESC to HA, Aug. 20, 1899.

  “not be proper.” ESC to HA, Sept. 3, 1899.

  “success or happiness.” ESC to HA, Aug. 7, 1899.

  “What am I to do?” ESC to HA, Oct. 3, 1899.

  “I cannot write!” ESC to HA, Oct. 24 and Nov. 1, 1899.

  “Avunculitis.” LHA, IV, 653.

  “only to keep going.” Ibid., 701.

  August heat. LHA, V, 23.

  “peace of God.” Ibid., 14.

  “walk in the Bois.” Ibid., 9.

  books on medieval architecture.

  Ibid., 51.

  “the depressed?” LHA, IV, 735-36.

  “emotional as music.” LHA, V, 53-54.

  friends in the country. Ibid., 11.

  “annoying.” MSMC, 169.

  “let the rest go.” Ibid., 174.

  “nearest to God.” Ibid., 1.

  “idealized in the woman.” Ibid., 38-39.

  fear and death. Ibid., 95.

  “always more light.” Ibid., 105.

  “barons.” Ibid., 176-77.

  “harmony or value.” Ibid., 152.

  “boudoir.” Ibid., 133.

  (“as he could.”) Ibid., 191-92.

  position of honor. Ibid., 98.

  “Christ the Symbol.” Ibid., 102.

  “prison-house.” Ibid., 307.

  “whole human race.” Ibid., 290.

  “a dull animal.” Ibid., 214, 224.

  “superfluity of her world.” Ibid., 215.

  (“they do the rest.”) JH to HA, Dec. 30, 1890.

  “grunting hog.” LHA, V, 45.

  “even of boors.” MSMC, 271.

  “greatest deity of all.” Ibid., 215.

  “before the woman.” Ibid., 271-72.

  “better yet, a Goddess.” LHA, III, 561.

  “infancy and senility.” LHA, V, 331.

  “passion was pity.” MSMC, 158-59.

  “even contradiction.” Ibid., 419-20.

  “last secret.” Ibid., 420-22.

  “thought and act.” Ibid., 385.

  “Hamlet.” LHA, V, 35.

  “of my youth.” Ibid., 139.

  “hitches.” Ibid., 160.

  did not understand. HA to Martha Cameron, October 10, 1900.

  the Sorbonne. Tehan, 158.

  “Euthanasia.” LHA, IV, 494.

  “excursions together.” ESC to HA, Feb. 8, 1900.

  and his mother. ESC to HA, Oct. 24 and 28, 1900.

  “quite pathetic.” Tehan, 169.

  “cheek of innocence.” Ibid.

  “twelfth-century church.” LHA, V, 179.

  21 A Queer Taste in Fates

  “dealt with him fairly.” Tehan, 170.

  busier than ever. LHA, V, 189-90.

  “Aieeee.” Morris, 22.

  “makes one tired.” LHA, V, 202.

  “I’ll kill you.” Ibid., 214.

  “duckfits.” Ibid., 197, 230-31.

  “his resignation.” Ibid., 201, 206.

  “religious retreat.” Ibid., 215.

  St. Thomas. Ibid., 212.

  “breath out.” Ibid., 216.

  “artistic polyps.” Ibid., 203.

  utter despair. Ibid., 206-08.

  at Surrenden Dering. Ibid., 248.

  “his youth.” ESC to HA, Feb. 17, 1901.

  “bless her.” ESC to HA, March 31, 1901.

  polenta. ESC to HA, Feb. 17, 1901.

  “—very busy.” Tehan, 176.

  “needs it too.” LHA, V, 248.

  on Beacon Street. Friedrich, 333.

  his sisters. LHA, V, 224, 226, 230.

  a hand. Henry M. Adkinson to J. D. Hague, Aug. 22, 1904.

  baggage car. HA to ESC, April 16, 1901; LHA, V, 235.

  “only senile.” Ibid., 213.

  arrival of tourists. Ibid., 202, 249.

  “what he brought.” EHA, 329.

  on their arrival. Tehan, 178.

  “no. 9.” ESC to HA, May 18, 1901.

  “as commerce.” Leech, 575-76.

  in Prescott. LJH, III, May 7, 1901.

  “and never tell.” CK to HA, 1897.

  in bed. CK to J. D. Hague, Sept. 7, 1897.

  American female. H. H. Lee to James D. Hague, Dec. 18, 1903.

  “now and again.” CK to JH, December 1897.

  overalls. Wilkins, 350-51.

  “humbuggery.” Alexander Becker to Samuel F. Emmons, June 23, 1902.

  “your loving heart.” New York Daily News, Nov. 22, 1933.

  “talk about it.” JH to HA, Aug. 22, 1900.

  “to the spot.” H. M. Adkinson to James D. Hague, op. cit.

  “family matters.” Plaintiffs’ Trial Memorandum, King v. Peabody et al.

  their lives. New York Daily News, Nov. 21, 1933.

  “to the last.” CK to C. W. Howard, June 7, 1901.

  mountains in the distance. CK to CSH, Aug. 16, 1901; CK to JH, July 27, 1901.

  Lincoln White House. LJH, III, 212.

  the Boers or the British. JH to James McMillan, July 3, 1900.

  before turning in. Washington Evening Times and Washington Evening Star, June 24, 1901.

  six-foot-two frame. LJH, III, 215.

  “he will not return.” CSH to HA, Aug. 7, 1901.

  “time to heal?” JH to WM, June 29, 1901.

  eight hundred others. Scrapbooks, John Hay Library.

  “
not availed.” MT to JH, June 28, 1901.

  “miserable hour.” HJ to JH, June 24, 1901.

  “I long to say.” AL to JH, June 27, 1901.

  heard the news. CK to JH, June 24, 1901; LHA, V, 258.

  “no help serves.” LHA, V, 258-59.

  “affected by it.” Ibid., 266.

  limb by limb. Ibid., 260.

  “the machinery.” Ibid., 269.

  “something insufferable.” JH to HA, July 14, 1901.

  “God help me!” LJH, III, 217-18.

  “news of you.” JH to CK, July 29, 1901.

  “have done their struggle.” CK to JH, July 27, 1901.

  thirty pounds. Samuel F. Emmons

  to G. F. Becker, Oct. 17, 1900.

  X rays. LJH, III, 209.

  “for a glimpse.” CK to CSH, Aug. 16, 1901.

  use them with friends. JH to HA, July 14, 1901.

  everywhere. JH to Montgomery Schuyler, Aug. 30, 1901.

  instead of his son. LJH, III, 225-26.

  “woe unto you!” Ibid., 228.

  “have none.” Leech, 590-94.

  routine procedure. Leech, 597.

  “Teddy’s luck!” LHA, V, 291.

  Adirondacks. Morris, 738-39.

  over the weekend. JH to CSH, Sept. 11, 1901.

  “black cloud of foreboding.” LJH, III, 231.

  “Nearer, My God, to Thee.” Leech, 599-601.

  “tragic fate.” LJH, III, 230.

  “when I collapse.” Ibid., 219.

  “shut in my face.” CK to JH, Aug. 22, 1901.

  “Ça vous amuse, la vie?” LJH, III, 223.

  “to be gay.” LHA, V, 284.

  “a queer taste in fates.” LJH, III, 241-42.

  “brotherly act.” JH to HA, Nov. 17, 1901.

  “good enough to bottle.” CK to JH, Nov. 3, 1901.

  cheapest goods. Samuel F. Emmons, Diary, October 1901.

  “camping style.” Samuel F. Emmons to G. F. Becker, Oct. 17, 1901.

  family Bible. Plaintiffs’ Trial Memorandum, op. cit.

  “ardent pride.” CK to JH, Nov. 3, 1901.

  two o’clock in the morning. Samuel F. Emmons, Diary, Dec. 24, 1901.

  telegraphed Ada in Toronto. Wilkins, 355-56.

  22 Nearly All the Great Prizes

  pallbearers. J. D. Hague to JTG, Dec. 30, 1901.

  red-and-gilt walls. Adams, et al., John La Farge, 180-81.

  John and Clara Hay. JTG to JH, Dec. 30, 1901.

  piercingly bleak. CKM, 153.

  “gift of friendship.” R. W. Raymond, undated ms., Hague Papers.

  “mourn his loss.” New York Tribune, Dec. 27, 1901, 7.

  “the hand somehow.” LHA, V, 313.

  “worms of steel.” Ibid., 317-18.

  afternoons in his library. Walter Wellman, Review of Reviews, August 1905.

  volunteer it. LHA, V, 329, 558-59.

  skirts. Ibid., 319.

  Central American canal zone. McCullough, 258-59; Thayer, II, 260-61.

  “most auspicious.” JH to TR, Oct. 17, 1901. See also TR to JH, Sept. 25 and Oct. 2, 1901; JH to TR, Sept. 30, 1901.

  address him as “Theodore.” JH to TR, Sept. 30, 1901.

  “‘initiative.’” LJH, III, 239.

  “rough-riders.” LHA, V, 322-23.

  “cephalopodic brain.” Ibid., 349.

  “mince-pie.” Ibid., 332.

  “than his father.” Ibid., 329.

  “punishment as a favor.” Ibid., 453.

  “one’s why.” Ibid., 335, 338. See also 329, 333-34, 338; New York Tribune, Feb. 7, 1902, 9.

  “gentleman should die.” JH, Addresses, 137-75.

  thought it excellent. LHA, V, 349.

  “majestic pace;” Edith Wharton to George Washington Smalley, scrapbook, John Hay Collection.

  “stump speech.” Ibid.

  “our graves.” LHA, V, 380.

  Gardiner’s care. New York Daily Mirror, Nov. 21, 1933, 3.

  “declining years.” Florence King Howland to JH, April 5, 1902.

  securities. JTG to Samuel F. Emmons, Jan. 11, 1902; JTG to JH, March 22, 1902, and April 7, 1903.

  not to name. King v. Peabody et al., Plaintiffs’ Trial Memorandum.

  never seen again. King v. Peabody et al., op. cit.

  securing the commission. George Howland to JH, Jan. 10, 1902.

  portrait collection. J. D. Hague to JH, April 16, 1902.

  winter crossing. George Howland to JH, Dec. 17, 1902.

  “over-ambition.” LHA, V, 424.

  “unsuitable.” Art Committee to J. D. Hague, n.d.

  deceased members. Arnold Hague to J. D. Hague, Jan. 28, 1903.

  pooled $500. Arnold Hague to J. D. Hague, Feb. 27, 1903.

  “wherever he went.” CKM, 117-32.

  pith helmet. Ibid., 133-56.

  their treasure. Ibid., 189-97.

  “of our lives.” Ibid., 157-85.

  cared for anything. LHA, V, 335.

  “vast Senatorial suck.” JH to TR, July 21, 1902.

  stronger sovereignty. McCullough, 329-39.

  “highways of civilization.” TR to JH, Aug. 19, 1903.

  “about the subject.” JH to TR, Sept. 13, 1903.

  recognized the new republic. Chessman, 98-99.

  mayhem and order. LJH, III, 287-88.

  “civilized world.” Blum, 130.

  rape. Marks, 131.

  coat of arms. LJH, III, 285-86.

  name only. McCullough, 387-98.

  with precision. Marks, 105; Clymer, 167.

  railroad through U.S. territory. Clymer, 168-69.

  “bumptious truculence.” TR to JH, July 16, 1902.

  “pure and simple.” TR to JH, July 10, 1902.

  diplomatic solution. Marks, 62-63, 130.

  “claim would imply.” TR to JH, July 10, 1902.

  Hay’s library. LJH, III, 264.

  “repute.” Schriftgiesser, 208.

  North Atlantic. Ibid., 208-09.

  draw the boundary himself. TR to JH, June 29, 1903.

  “a shade of difference.” Clymer, 194-95.

  “go on!” TR to JH, July 11, 1903.

  “a gentleman.” LJH, III, 273.

  act like one. Clymer, 195.

  “coming at all.” JH to CSH, July 4, 1903.

  Hay wrote out his resignation. JH to TR, July 21, 1903.

  “I could not spare you.” TR to JH, July 29, 1903.

  territory in question. Clymer, 195.

  over his head. JH to HA, Nov. 17, 1901.

  “boa constrictor.” Mount, 203-08.

  “than its subject.” LHA, V, 472.

  “frankly bad.” Ibid., 488.

  years of friendship. Ibid., 464.

  “He paints it.” Ibid., 493.

  “no poorer for it.” JH to CSH, Oct. 16, 1903.

  “on the universe.” JH, Diary, May 8, 1904.

  “c’est la longueur.” ASG to JH, Aug. 5, 1904.

  glorious mood. LJH, III, 301-02;

  JH to WDH, July 28, 1904.

  (the manger.) Blackmur, Henry Adams, 326.

  Adamenso. Dryfhout, 265.

  “live in holes.” LHA, V, 608-09.

  “deals faithfully with me.” JH to WDH, Sept. 20, 1903.

  “coup-de-grace.” LHA, V, 480-81.

  effusive sonnet. JH to TR, Dec. 24, 1902. Houghton Library, understanding of history. JH to TR, July 25, 1902.

  “‘if you like.’” JH to TR, April 14, 1904.

  “affect his election.” LHA, V, 570.

  New York City newspapers. TR, Autobiography, 402.

  trust-busting. Blum, 63.

  “right and wise.” TR to JH, July 11, 1904.

  “you are elected.” JH to TR, Sept. 22, 1904.

  “commune with Nature.” JH to TR, Sept. 5, 1904.

  “I do not understand it.” TR to AL, Nov. 10, 1904.

  “lost it already.” LJH, III, 324-25.

  “modern times.” Tehan, 208.

  “and a
pplause.” Samuels, Henry Adams, III, 308.

  “stick in the mud.” ASG to HA, April 6, 1905.

  “burn me.” LHA, V, 618.

  sense of the word. LHA, VI, 351.

  “or getting friends.” LHA, V, 660.

  a caged rat. EHA, 365.

  “the infinite.” LHA, V, 481.

  “let others say.” Chanler, 301-03.

  “interrupted education.” HJ, The American Scene, 323-47.

  “there isn’t.” HJL, IV, 339.

  “doesn’t like.” Ibid., 355.

  “key to everything.” HJ, op. cit., 332.

  “miserable little snob.” Morris, 467.

  edifice in the capital. HJ, op. cit., 341.

  (mistletoe.) Morgan, 2.

  liked the man. HJL, IV, 337, 339.

  “the least creak.” Ibid., 341.

  laughingstocks. TR to JH, Jan. 28, 1905.

  “unexpectedly good.” JH to TR, Jan. 28, 1905.

  “good enough for me.” TR to JH, Jan. 28, 1905.

  “Theodore will want.” HJL, IV, 343.

  head of Abraham Lincoln. LJH, III, 328.

  “three and a half years?” TR to JH, March 3, 1905.

  mile or two every day. JH to Clarence Hay, April 1, 1905.

  at a run. HA to EC, April 6, 1905.

  “ought to be.” JH to TR, April 12, 1905.

  “perfected in him.” JH to ASG, April 12, 1905.

  until autumn. Dr. D. Groedel to CSH, May 28, 1905.

  “I shall go.” JH to TR, May 20, 1905.

  Mercedes. LHA, V, 96.

  said farewell. Ibid., 670.

  a short visit. Gwynn, I, 465.

  John’s progress. CSH to HA, June 15, 1905.

  European politics. LJH, III, 345-46.

  “great prizes.” Ibid., 350.

  23 Playing Out the Hand

  “easily as possible.” LHA, V, 682.

  “superb.” Ibid., 685.

  Senate colleagues. Ibid., 689.

  “show itself.” Ibid., 693.

  fill his place. TR to CSH, July 1, 1905.

  “not done at all.” TR to HCL, July 21, 1905.

  “in spite of them.” Gwynn, II, 479.

  “imaginary.” LHA, VI, 130.

  “a double thing.” EHA, 7, 9.

  to either force. Ibid., 383.

  of all energies. Ibid., 384.

  “sunshine.” Ibid., 332.

  “stamped.” Ibid., 55.

  cared to read. Ibid., 326-37.

  “dream of man.” Ibid., 451.

  “but understand it.” Ibid., 346.

  “without a shudder.” Ibid., 505.

  The year 1938 marked the hundredth anniversary of the births of Hay and Adams; King was born in 1842.

  “taking it in theirs.” LHA, VI, 136.

  “a half an inch or so.” Ibid., 117.

  “your women friends?” CSH to HA, May 6, 1907.